Cyclone Kenneth “poses no threat to Southern Africa at this stage”

POLOKWANE – As Mozambique picks up the pieces after the catastrophic Tropical Cyclone Idai brought its greatest natural disaster in history, Tropical Cyclone Kenneth is making its way towards the country.

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According to Storm Report SA, Cyclone Kenneth poses no threat to Southern Africa at this stage as its trajectory will see the Comores Islands bearing the brunt of the cyclone. As a result, a red alert has been issued for the Comores and Mozambique and people in these areas have been encouraged to evacuate to safer grounds.

“Kenneth moves at 15 km/ph with winds of 194 km/ph and it is set to rapidly intensify over the course of Wednesday due to warm sea surface temperatures. Upon landfall, it is set to be a category 2 cyclone,” Storm Report SA said.

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The report added that the storm will make landfall tomorrow (Thursday), when a strong south-easterly wind will begin to build up, with scattered torrential rain and thunder storms developing in the far north-eastern segment of the province of Cabo Delgado. “Unfortunately, this storm looks set to move slightly southward and then stall, yielding three to four days of floods for the northern regions of Cabo Delgado and Niassa.”